Andre’s arrival at Steve Ferry’s converted chicken coop in Santa Rosa, California
The powerful metaphor of a lightning-struck redwood that kept growing despite damage
Flashback to their perfect day at RFK Stadium before everything went wrong
Steve’s traumatic confrontation with his father and recruitment campaign work
Working California prune farms while Steve’s paranoia deepens
The reality of living with someone whose mental health is deteriorating
Why some friendships can’t survive the weight of untreated trauma
“Surfing The Interstates”—the first book of a memoir trilogy—chronicles a transformative 4,000-mile hitchhiking journey across America in 1973. This coming-of-age memoir follows a 21-year-old’s two-month odyssey from East Coast privilege to West Coast revelation, capturing the last summer when you could truly vanish in America.
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